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Overview

  • 51 references 35 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Italian, Swahili
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • IT Monkey
  • Walking the Earth
  • From Rolla, Missouri
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be here now. It's harder than it sounds.

ABOUT ME

Grew up in Rolla, Missouri. Went to college in St. Louis. Graduated. Worked at Philmont. Then I skied for a season. Then I worked at Duke for a year. Walked the AT. Moved to Sudan. Then I moved to Taiwan, then Tanzania, then Afghanistan, and now to DC. Here I am.

PHILOSOPHY

You gotta hike your own hike.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you're here and you need a couch, we can probably work something out. Shoot me a note and we'll see what we can make happen.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Crashed on lots of random couches, one or two of which were found through couchsurfing. Had people crash on my couches lots of times, ten or twelve of which were found through couchsurfing.

Interests

Reading, backpacking, rock climbing, tennis.

  • picnic
  • reading
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • rock climbing
  • tennis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So, one time I was hiking was getting hungry. I come around a turn in the trail and, no joke, there's a 72 year old man and his 70 year old wife standing with a picnic basket. He says, "we brought you some brownies." How cool is that?

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